Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. A new look at Cassini data ...

Getting ahead financially is mainly about what you earn at work, not what you make from investments. Researchers found that ...

Long before opioids flooded communities, something else was quietly changing—and it may have helped set the stage for today’s ...

An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the Sun. The spacecraft’s unique ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

In a rare and historic achievement, Children’s Hospital Colorado successfully completed its first dual heart and liver ...

Spending a few hours a week helping others may slow the aging of the brain. Researchers found that both formal volunteering ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers ...

New research reveals when glaciers around the world will vanish and why every fraction of a degree of warming could decide ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers ...